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I must have dozed off because I awaken to the smell of fresh brewed coffee and toast.

“You need to get something on your stomach,” Evan suggests. “You’ll feel much better.”

“Thanks,” I say as Evan places the tray with the coffee and toast on the bed and joins me.

He waits for me to take a few bites of toast before he starts. “I don’t want to be your second choice.”

“That was fast
. Already heard about what happened from Aaron?”

“Aaron and I have had our issues over the past few years but he knows how I feel about you and he has my back.”

I take a deep breath and say, “I want you know that I’m completely over Aaron. I’m not even sure why I wanted to be with him, except that it was what everyone expected. And it’s what our families wanted.”

“Okay,” he says. “You have my attention.”

“I realize now that I was settling for Aaron instead of something real. Maybe I was afraid. Or maybe I didn’t think I was worthy of truly being loved.”

“You’re really a messed up chick, you know that?”

“Yeah, I know,” I say as I put my arms around Evan and give him a hug. “I’m sorry. For everything.”

He gives me an odd look and I’m suddenly nervous. I wonder if he’s going to reject me even after I put it all out there. “
What’s that look for?” I finally ask.

“Was that actually an apology?
From Keira Whitley? This could be a first.”

I give him a playful smack on the arm.

Evan smiles. “You’re probably the only person on earth who could ever love a messed up bastard like me.”

I nod. “I think you’re right.”

He kisses me softly. “You know I love you,” he whispers.

“Yeah, I finally figured that out.”

He waits for more but I don’t say anything.

“Oh, come on,” he prods. “Don’t leave me hanging here.” 

I laugh then I give him a kiss on the cheek. “I love you, too.”

And for once in my life, I actually say something true and thoughtful and real
and I
actually mean it.

“I want to take you out on a real date,” Evan says. “I want to get dressed up and go to someplace like Applebee’s. I want to hold your hand in public, so people actually know we’re a couple. And I may even give you a goodnight kiss on the doorstep.”

I have to laugh. “That sounds so middle class and dorky but I still want to do it.”

“That’s because you love me.”

And he’s right. I do.

COMING IN AUGUST 2013

FINAL PLAY

The last novel in the MATCHPLAY series

A Guy, a Girl and the Deviled Egg they both want…

Straight-laced newbie engineer Lucas Young wasn’t looking for love when he attended his friend, Rainy
Dey’s wedding reception. But what he did want was one of the delicious looking deviled eggs that were prominently displayed on the hors d'oeuvres table. Unfortunately, the delectable treat was practically stolen out of his hand by…

Ella Warner, groomsman Evan Warner’s “crazy” younger sister and the black sheep of their well-to-do family. Ella does everything on her own terms, including snatching a yummy deviled egg from Lucas’s rather hungry clutches.

But it’s going to take a lot more than the perfect deviled egg to keep this completely mismatched couple from going completely off the rails as they negotiate an increasingly complicated relationship.

Opposites may attract
but can they actually find true love with each other?

MATCHPLAY

The first novel in the MATCHPLAY series

A Girl, a Guy, a Tournament and a Challenge…

The Girl: At a time when most girls obsess about homecoming and high school prom, Rainy Dey spent her senior year caring for her dying mother. So when her father drops her off at college to start her freshman year, his words of advice to his bookish daughter are to start acting like a young person and finally have some fun.

The Guy: College senior, Aaron
Donovan, aka Mr. Hot-and-Knows-It, is President of The Clubhouse, a social club for the college’s most wealthy and popular guys. Aaron can have any girl on campus except the one who challenges and excites him the most, Rainy Dey.

The Tournament: Every year, the senior members of The Clubhouse engage in a golf-inspired tournament to see, who can
sleep with the most freshman girls. When Rainy finds out about The Tournament, she believes Aaron’s only interest in her is to score points by taking her V-Card.

The Challenge: Can Aaron convince Rainy that his feelings for her are true and that she won’t be just another notch on his tournament scorecard?    

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